Bluewilliama
2015
I enjoyed this game, I've played a few CRPGs before but this is only the second one I actually finished after Dragon Age Origins back when that came out. I really enjoyed just exploring the corners of the world and talking to people, reading journals, and finding side quests to do. The main story was great as well, I kind of rushed through the game towards the end because I wanted to play Deadfire.
The biggest flaw for me was the names characters you found that you read their soul and they have some gruesome backstory and are all over the place that don't contribute to the story... Once I realized you don't have to read those I found their presence immersion breaking.
The biggest flaw for me was the names characters you found that you read their soul and they have some gruesome backstory and are all over the place that don't contribute to the story... Once I realized you don't have to read those I found their presence immersion breaking.
2020
This game is similar to Pokemon, better battle system and difficulty but it has some major issues with the tone of the game that hold it back from being better than an actual Pokemon game. The mmo elements are not great either, the best use of it was the mental gym puzzle that was so difficult we had a bunch of people complaining about it and trying to follow each other and failing for about 30 minutes lol, it was actually a pretty great time. But the side quests were pretty bad, and although there was chat, nobody really used it other than to advertise trades. We aren't in the glory days of mmos anymore sadly. It's a decent single player game though, you can easily ignore the multiplayer aspect for the most of the part.
2019
I played a good amount of this game, but at some point I just ran out of motivation to keep going on. I didn't enjoy the dungeons very much and the free time in between them took too long. There were some parts that were too weird as well like dating your teacher... Wtf. Great music though. I might come back to this some day. Unfortunately I just wasn't enjoying the game very much when I stopped playing.
2021
This game brought me joy during the COVID quarantine. My first final fantasy game I actually completed, I loved visiting night market and having adventures there. One of the few games I absolutely loved everything about. It's amazing. The only reason it's not 5 stars for me is a few sections felt like bland filler (cough the underpass cough)
2022
Although I beat this game I didn't get the same sense of accomplishment I felt with other soulslike games. Summons made it so I didn't feel like I was learning the bosses, just wailing on them when their aggro was turned away from me. Still lots of fun and I enjoyed the multiplayer with friends. Despite it's size I think this game is only the 5th best soulslike I've played from Fromsoft. Still a great game though.
2022
This review contains spoilers
I need to finish this game sometime. Never played anything like it and the writing and setting in this game is amazing. The first thing I did in the into was punch Mort for convincing me to kill a friendly zombie that did NOT drop a key lol. I think where I left off I was in a teleport maze searching for a hag. Highly recommend not looking up guides unless you get really stuck, so much fun in this game is figuring things out on your own.
2013
This game made me cry, made me feel distraught, and left me feeling stunned and conflicted. I don't think I can handle the emotional toll of playing through it again. But I had never had such a strong emotional attachment to a game before I played this, or even since. It made me realize what a powerful storytelling medium videogames could be.
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